Many have to submit a tax return for the Corona year 2020.
If you haven't done the chore yet, you should know when the deadline is this year.
The
deadline for filing the tax return for 2020
was initially set at July 31 - but only for those who are obliged to submit it.
But in the meantime the
Bundestag has
decided
to extend
this
deadline to October 31, 2021
*.
But: the
Federal Council
still has to approve this change;
according to the German Press Agency (dpa), however, approval is expected.
For those who rely on the help of a tax advisor or income tax aid association for their tax return, the deadline would then be extended from the end of February to the end of May 2022.
Is the deadline for filing tax returns 2020 on October 31?
The
approval of the Federal Council
can be expected, said Erich Nöll, managing director of the Bundesverband Lohnsteuerhilfevereine (BVL) in Berlin on request.
Currently applies to
taxpayers who prepare their tax return even
for those
tax returns in 2020
nor the
31 July
as a
deadline
, as also the Lohnsteuerhilfeverein United Lohnsteuerhilfe e.
V. (VLH) communicated on request;
but as soon as the Federal Council agrees, taxpayers will have
until October 31, 2021
.
When will taxpayers finally be certain of the deadline?
As it was said, the Federal Council should deal with the issue in June.
If the Federal Council approves an extension, as expected by the experts, everyone who
has not yet completed
their
tax return for 2020
and is obliged to submit it would definitely have a little longer time.
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Corona crisis: Many Germans are obliged to file a tax return for 2020
It would at least be a small relief for many of those affected by the
corona crisis
.
So were
2020,
for example
many employees on
short-time work
.
Most of them are now also required to file a tax return.
There is an
obligation to submit the tax return
if, in
addition to the wages, additional income of more than 410 euros has been
achieved.
According to the dpa, the same applies to
wage replacement benefits
such as
unemployment benefits
,
parental
benefits
or
short-time work
benefits
.
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: Tax return after short-time work: Does the decision follow a tax shock?
According to the dpa, the forms also have to be filled out if you had
several employers
next to each other in the past year
.
Even if
both spouses had received wages
and
one of the two was taxed with tax class V or VI
or the couple
had chosen
the so-called
factor method
, there is a duty to pay.
Freelancers, self-employed persons and traders
are also
required
to submit
an income tax
return
.
Many
seniors also
have to file a tax return.
Whether this is the case depends on the amount of the gross pension and the year of the start of retirement, as the dpa report says, among other things.
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Submit your tax return voluntarily?
Don't forget the home office flat rate
Often it is also worth filing
a tax return voluntarily
.
For example,
anyone
who worked from home in
2020
can
claim
the
home office flat rate
.
You
can find out
more about this and what costs you can also
deduct
for a
separate study
or, for example, for
work equipment
and other
expenses
required in the home office,
here.
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